I had a short gig setting up a database in Tallahassee State prison. They
had the prisoners entering data for underground utility lines. I had to
train the DBA who was in for 10 years for 3 counts of assault and battery.
That was like being on another, very bad, planet.
If anyone has any intrest in commiting crimes (unless you're a certain
recent former President then you can do whatever you want without fear of
justice) I urge you to tour such a facility. You'll never have an intrest
in commiting crime again.
-Rocky
- Steve Orr <sorr_at_arzoo.com> wrote:
> Seven years ago I was offered an Oracle DBA job at a chocolate factory
> and
> turned it down. (Please don't tell Rachel, she already thinks I'm
> crazy.) I
> had two simultaneous offers for the same salary and took the one closer
> to
> home. While on the interview they gave me the full tour of the factory
> starting with the bags of cocoa beans on the docks. The smell was
> intoxicating and even wafted into the office area where I would have
> worked.
> They had unlimited stashes of chocolate in every cubicle. I asked the
> employees if they ever got sick of chocolate and the answer was a
> resounding
> NO. Now my kids will never forgive me for not having taken the job at
> the
> chocolate factory.
>
> This begs the question... Where and what are some of the most
> interesting
> Oracle DBA jobs out there? I heard of one deep underground at a mining
> operation in the middle of the Nevada desert. Database is a basic
> technology
> that can be applied to just about any business anywhere. Any interesting
> stories? Personal experiences?
>
>
> Steve Orr
>
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